Amy Koczera: Strategic Writer & Storyteller

Category: Multimedia Content

Visual storytelling across photography, video, and creative projects. This section showcases work that lives beyond the written word, consisting of event photography, live on-camera reporting, and personal creative projects. Whether capturing moments on camera or producing content for broadcast news or brand campaigns, these pieces reflect my passion for storytelling in all its forms.

  • President Joe Biden signs to rejoin Paris Climate Accord, West Texas politicians, experts react

    President Joe Biden signs to rejoin Paris Climate Accord, West Texas politicians, experts react

    LUBBOCK, Texas — On his first day in office, President Joe Biden fulfilled a longtime campaign promise – signing on to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord. Climate scientist and Texas Tech professor Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, along with 19th Congressional District Congressman Jodey Arrington spoke on Thursday about what this could mean for the people of West Texas. 

    “The cost to our country, to our economy to jobs, and to regions like West Texas, would be tremendous,” said Congressman Arrington. “They’re going to get higher energy prices. We’re going to lose jobs in West Texas and rural communities like West Texas, and it’s going to compromise our energy independence, which is a pillar of our nation’s security.”

    However, scientists like Dr. Hayhoe explained how the potential changes that could come from this won’t be as damaging as some might think.

    Read the full article published on everythinglubbock.com on January 21, 2021.

  • Lubbock receives first shipment of Moderna vaccines, more to arrive next week

    Lubbock receives first shipment of Moderna vaccines, more to arrive next week

    LUBBOCK, Texas — On Monday, the city of Lubbock received 17,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine. These will be distributed to the remaining health care workers as a part of Phase 1A the state’s vaccine distribution plan.

    “It just felt so great. It felt like we were turning a corner,” said Lubbock Director of Public Health, Katherine Wells, a vaccine recipient herself.

    The city health department received 1,000 doses of the vaccine. They set up a mass clinic at the Civic Center to get front-line workers and first responders vaccinated.

    “I really expect those 1000 doses to be gone by tomorrow,” said Wells. “We have five or six home health agencies that are coming in hospice. Some of our community clinic workers have been through there today.”

    Read the full article on everythinglubbock.com, published December 28, 2020.

  • Federal judge reinstates DACA, Texas Tech dreamers speak out

    Federal judge reinstates DACA, Texas Tech dreamers speak out

    LUBBOCK, Texas — After five months of the Trump Administration suspending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, a federal judge has reinstated it — protecting over 600,000 young immigrants from deportation. On Tuesday, DACA recipients from Texas Tech spoke on how they’re feeling about this decision.

    “We always, we know, it’s gonna be a long fight,” said former DACA recipient Saba Nafees. “And it has been, it shouldn’t be a fight, it should just be common sense. But unfortunately, it’s not.”

    DACA, short for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is an Obama-era program that protects its recipients, or Dreamers, from deportation. DACA provides a two-year work permit that recipients have to apply for and pay hundreds of dollars to renew. 

    “None of this is over yet. We still have a lot more to go. We have to legislate and get a solution out,” said Nafees. “As everybody on both sides of the aisle likes to say is we really did get a legislative solution to this problem. So, we hope that we can do that sometime very soon.”

    Read the full article on everythinglubbock.com, published December 8, 2020.